The Sentimental Vikings

by R. V. Risley

The
Sentimental Vikings

BY

R. V. RISLEY

JOHN LANE
THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK AND LONDON
1897

To E. F. C.

CONTENTS

	PAGE
[The Sweeping of the Hall]	[1]
[An Incident]	[37]
[Where the Wolves dance]	[61]
[The Sacrilege]	[99]
[The Story of the Oar-Captain]	[115]
[The Last Voyage]	[145]

THE SWEEPING OF THE HALL:
AN OLD DANISH TRAGEDY

And now this is the story of Witlaf the harper, that he told in the great hall of Gorm, the king of all Denmark, ten centuries ago, waving his handless arms in the flickering glow of the firelight.

I tell the tale of Snorē, the lord of the north of the island of Zeeland, years ago; and of how he swept his hall as the day broke.